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A classic snowman, as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frosty_the_Snowman">Frosty the Snowman</a>.&nbsp;Depicted as a snowman, facing forward, made from two or three large snowballs and stick arms, dressed with a <a href="/top-hat/">top hat</a>, a <a href="/carrot/">carrot</a> nose, coal eyes, and two or three buttons on its torso. Sometimes shown with a smile and a red <a href="/scarf/">scarf</a>.

Often used for various content concerning <a href="/winter/" title="⛄ Winter">winter</a> fun and Christmastime.

Vendors implement the same figure for their <a href="/snowman/">☃️ Snowman</a>, but which has <a href="/snowflake/">snowflakes</a> falling on it.

Google&rsquo;s snowman is wearing green <a href="/gloves/">gloves</a>,&nbsp;though its snowman <a href="/google/android-7.0/snowman-without-snow/">previously</a> lacked any attire. <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/snowman-without-snow/">Samsung&#39;s</a> previously lacked a hat.

Snowman Without Snow

A mountain with snow resting at higher altitudes. Similar in appearance to the <a href="/mount-fuji/" title="🗻 Mount Fuji">Mount Fuji</a> emoji.

Snow Capped Mountain

A single ice skate used for ice skating. Shown in white and&nbsp;facing&nbsp;right&nbsp;on most platforms.

In the sport of figure skating, a white ice skate is traditionally worn by women, and a black ice skate worn by men. This emoji doesn&#39;t define the color to be used, but no major vendor currently displays this as black.

Ice Skate

A classic Christmas tree, an evergreen tree decorated with lights and ornaments to celebrate <a href="/christmas/">Christmas</a>.&nbsp; Depicted with round, variously colored&nbsp;ornaments and topped with a yellow <a href="/star/">star</a>.

Used for various content concerning the Christmas holiday and season as well as for wintertime more generally.

Not to be confused with <a href="/evergreen-tree/">🌲 Evergreen Tree</a>, though their applications may overlap.

<a href="/google/android-7.0/christmas-tree/">Google</a> and <a href="/samsung/experience-8.1/christmas-tree/">Samsung&#39;s</a> trees were previously adorned with tinsel, <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/christmas-tree/">Microsoft&#39;s</a> previously lacked ornaments.

Christmas Tree

Santa Claus, sometimes referred to as&nbsp;Father Christmas, brings joy to children at <a href="/christmas/">Christmas</a>&nbsp;time.&nbsp;Displayed with a beard and red festive hat.

The Santa emoji had a <a href="/google/android-4.4/santa-claus/">frown on Android 4.4</a>, which was <a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=41827">resolved</a> in Android 5.0. See also: <a href="/christmas/">Christmas emoji list</a>.

Note: Father Christmas has a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Christmas">different origin</a>&nbsp;to Santa Claus but both&nbsp;are represented by this single emoji.

Father Christmas

Mother Christmas, more commonly known as Mrs. Claus, is the wife of <a href="/santa-claus/">Santa Claus.</a>&nbsp;Displayed as an <a href="/old-woman/" title="👵 Older Woman">older woman</a>&nbsp;with <a href="/glasses/" title="👓 Eyeglasses">glasses</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;a festive red and white bonnet.&nbsp;See also: <a href="/christmas/">Christmas emoji list</a>.

Mother Christmas

The unique, feathery ice crystal of a snowflake. Depicted as a bluish-white snowflake with six&nbsp;intricate&nbsp;symmetrical branches.

Like <a href="/cloud-with-snow/">🌨️ Cloud With Snow</a>, may be used as a weather icon to represent a snowstorm or a cold, snowy day. May also be used for various content concerning wintertime, <a href="/snow-capped-mountain/">cold climates</a>, and winter activity, such as <a href="/skis/">skiing</a>.

Sometimes used as an insult to call a person&nbsp;weak and&nbsp;oversensitive.

Snowflake

A classic snowman, as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frosty_the_Snowman">Frosty the Snowman</a>, with <a href="/snowflake/">snowflakes</a> falling on it.&nbsp;Depicted as a snowman, facing forward, made from two or three large snowballs and stick arms, dressed with a <a href="/top-hat/">top hat</a>, a <a href="/carrot/">carrot</a> nose, coal eyes, and two or three buttons on its torso. Sometimes shown with a smile and a red <a href="/scarf/">scarf</a>.

Often used for various content concerning <a href="/winter/" title="⛄ Winter">winter</a> fun and <a href="/christmas/">Christmastime</a>.

Vendors implement the same figure for their <a href="/snowman-without-snow/" title=" ⛄ Snowman Without Snow">⛄ Snowman Without Snow</a>, which does not have snowflakes.

Google&rsquo;s snowman previously&nbsp;wore&nbsp;green <a href="/gloves/">gloves</a>, while&nbsp;<a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/snowman/">Samsung&#39;s</a>&nbsp;design previously lacked a hat.

This snowman predates Unicode emoji support, which explains why it may display as the&nbsp;black-and-white <a href="/glossary/#white">outline</a> of a snowman.

Snowman

A person downhill-skiiing. Displayed with poles and <a href="/skis/" title="🎿 Ski and Ski Boot">skis</a>, generally wearing a mask.

Platforms vary in display of scarf, helmet, and color of clothing. No gendered options are provided for this emoji. Skin tones support is not recommended&nbsp;for this emoji, but this is supported by some platforms.

Skier

An icy-blue face with gritted teeth usually depicted with icicles clinging to its cheeks or jaw, as if frozen from extreme cold. May also represent unfriendliness (slang, cold) or excellence (slang, cool or chill).

Apple&rsquo;s design features the same expression as its <a href="/grimacing-face/">😬 Grimacing Face</a>. Huawei&#39;s design has a chipped <a href="/tooth">🦷 Tooth</a>.

Freezing Face

A snow cloud. Depicted as blue <a href="/snowflake/">snowflakes</a> falling from a white cloud.

May be used as a weather icon to represent snow showers or a snowy day.

Not to be confused with <a href="/cloud-with-rain/">🌧️ Cloud With Rain</a>.

Cloud with Snow

A sled, otherwise known as a toboggan or sledge.

Sled

A curling stone used in the sport of curling. Generally depicted with a red handle, though <a href="/whatsapp/2.24.2.76/curling-stone">WhatsApp&#39;s design</a> features a blue handle.

Curling Stone

A pair of skis which are shown on some platforms alongside ski poles and/or ski boots. The color and design of the skis varies by platform, with some versions also showing the skis moving at speed.

Distinct from the <a href="/skier/">skier emoji</a> which features a person skiing.

Ski and Ski Boot

A hockey stick and puck, used in the sport of ice hockey. Not to be confused with the <a href="/field-hockey/" title="🏑 Field Hockey Stick And Ball">field hockey stick and ball</a>.

Ice Hockey Stick and Puck

A person snowboarding downhill at a ski resort. Wearing clothing designed for cold climates.

Snowboarder

A person, generally depicted as being older with gray hair,&nbsp;wearing a red Christmas (aka &quot;Santa&quot;) hat. Does not represent any specific character in folklore. Mx Claus&nbsp;provides a&nbsp;gender inclusive alternative to&nbsp;<a href="/santa-claus/">🎅&nbsp;Santa Claus</a> or&nbsp;<a href="/mrs-claus/">🤶&nbsp;Mrs. Claus</a>.

Apple depicts Mx Claus as wearing <a href="/glasses/">glasses</a>, while other vendors do not.

Mx is an&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mx_(title)">honorific that does not indicate gender</a>.

Mx Claus

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Emojipedia

Used by Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) whenever emojis are displayed. Also used by Telegram messenger.

Default emoji set for Android devices created by Google and used on devices by Google, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony, and many others.

Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.

Glossy,&nbsp;gradient-heavy versions of the Microsoft emoji set. Used within select platforms such as Word and PowerPoint within the Windows 11 23H2 update.

Used across Microsoft PCs. Windows 11 uses the Fluent set. Windows 10&rsquo;s final update was in May 2019.

Used on WhatsApp for Android and PC. WhatsApp on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Used on Twitter / X for PC. Also used by Discord and Mastodon. Twitter / X&nbsp;on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs. Android devices use native emoji design as of early 2023.

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Used on Facebook for Android and PC. Not used across Meta&rsquo;s WhatsApp and Instagram platforms. Facebook on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Custom emoji set used on select Huawei&nbsp;phones and tablets.

Custom emoji set used on LG devices. Discontinued between 2017 and 2020, replaced by Noto Color Emoji, but then revived in 2021 for LG&rsquo;s final mobile device.

Animated versions of Apple&rsquo;s emoji set, custom-built by the Telegram message platform.

3D animated versions of Microsoft&rsquo;s Fluent emoji set, used Microsoft Teams for PC and Android.

Animated emoji-adjacent designs used by the Skype platform.

Highly-detailed emoji set used by Twitter&rsquo;s Statuses feature and within the tweet image editor on Android devices.

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

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Custom emoji set used on the open-source SerenityOS.

A custom emoji design set used by Korean fintech platform Toss.

Used on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 within the device&rsquo;s messaging functionality.

A minimalist, monochrome version of Google&rsquo;s Noto Color Emoji designs.

A open-source emoji design set by the HfG Schw&auml;bisch Gm&uuml;nd (Design University) in Germany.

A licensable emoji design set.

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An open-source emoji design set consisting of user-submitted emoji designs.

Previously used by Facebook&rsquo;s Messenger platform. Discontinued in 2017, replaced by flagship Facebook emoji set.

Custom emoji set previously used on HTC devices. Discontinued in 2016, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile phone carrier that created the earliest emoji set currently on record. Discontinued in 2016 following 2014 update, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile phone carrier responsible for the most famous early emoji set from 1999. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile manufacturer with its own early emoji designs. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Open-source emoji set designs for 2015&rsquo;s Firefox OS 2.5 update, but never implemented.

Unicode 5.2&nbsp;pre-dated emoji inclusion in Unicode by one&nbsp;year, and included many characters primarily sourced from the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07391-n3341.pdf">ARIB set of Japanese broadcasting symbols</a>.

The following characters were among those added to Unicode in 2009, several of which were given&nbsp;emoji presentation status in the years 2010-2015.

NTT Docomo (previously styled as DoCoMo) is a Japanese mobile phone carrier known for launching the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-mode">i-mode</a>&nbsp;mobile internet service in early 1999.

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-mode">i-mode</a>&nbsp;contained one of the earliest emoji sets, designed by&nbsp;interface designer&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigetaka_Kurita">Shigetaka Kurita</a>. While Kurita&#39;s 1999 emoji set is commonly cited as the first emoji set, it is more accurate to deem this <a href="/softbank/1997/">one of the first emoji sets</a>&nbsp;as earlier examples have been located, albeit on less-popular platforms than Docomo&#39;s&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-mode">i-mode</a>.

Notably in 1995, Docomo produced a popular <a href="/pocket-bell">Pocket Bell</a> pager that allowed users to send each other&nbsp;simple pixel <a href="/red-heart">heart</a>&nbsp;(❤) and&nbsp;<a href="/telephone">telephone</a> (☎) symbols.&nbsp;The popularity of this feature amongst Japan&#39;s youth has consistently been cited by&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigetaka_Kurita">Shigetaka Kurita</a>&nbsp;as a direct source of inspiration when creating <a href="/docomo/1999">Docomo&#39;s 1999</a> emoji set.

Note: Each&nbsp;emoji design within every pre-2010 emoji set has been mapped to its modern Unicode codepoint, despite these sets existing prior to Unicode emoji standardization.

Early emoji sets from Japanese carrier Docomo, including the often-cited 1999 emoji set designed by Shigetaka Kurita.

NTT Docomo

The final original emoji set from NTT Docomo. Initially installed&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/service/docomo_mail/appli/deco/pictograph/index.html">on carrier handsets running&nbsp;Android 4.3 and 4.4</a>&nbsp;and later discontinued&nbsp;and replaced with <a href="/google/">standard Google emoji designs</a> on&nbsp;phones from NTT Docomo in Japan.

2013

An updated version of the NTT Docomo emoji set <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070108235809/http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp:80/binary/pdf/service/imode/mail/imode_mail/emoji_convert/pictogram.pdf">first in use in 2006</a>&nbsp;and remaining in use <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080920215707/http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp:80/binary/pdf/service/mail/imode_mail/function/emoji_convert/pictogram.pdf">until at least 2008</a>. This is the version of the Docomo emoji set&nbsp;<a href="https://stories.moma.org/the-original-emoji-set-has-been-added-to-the-museum-of-modern-arts-collection-c6060e141f61">displayed</a> at the Museum of Modern Art.

Note: Each&nbsp;emoji has been mapped to its modern Unicode codepoint, despite this set existing prior to Unicode emoji standardization.

⛄ Snowman Without Snow on Docomo 2000

⛄ Snowman Without Snow on Docomo 2000

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